Autumn Rain

After more or less settling the affairs of Wizard Civilization, Saine began preparing to depart for the Death Mourning Civilization battlefield.

During this time, Befu specifically sent word that Lina, the Tenth Pharaoh King, and the others were needed there, so Saine brought these Wizard Civilization powerhouses along as well.

Death Mourning Civilization was a Death Element top-level civilization. Regardless of what it had been in the past, at least now, the mainstream resources it produced were all Death Element rule materials.

Therefore, it was good to bring people like Lina, Little Tenth, and Rose along.

It was worth mentioning that before Saine departed from Wizard Civilization, he received a message from Evil Tide Civilization.

It was not because Evil Tide Civilization wanted to reach some new form of cooperation with Wizard Civilization. This message was a private letter—Zi You told Saine that, after some time, a gift would be delivered to him.

Saine was very curious about what gift it was, but Zi You did not say.

Moreover, Saine had recently been occupied mainly with handling Wizard Civilization's internal affairs and his own experimental research. If there were any major war developments in the surrounding star regions, Combat Command would report them to Saine.

Having received no advance word, Saine could only look forward to it a little.

"A gift..." Saine sighed.

As for the White Spine Scepter, this Civilization Supreme Treasure, Saine had nearly completed the preliminary preparations for dismantling it.

This time, when he went to the Death Mourning Civilization battlefield, Saine intended to finish this alchemy experiment along the way.

The other two-thirds of the White Spine Scepter belonged to Evil Tide Civilization.

By the time Zi You delivered her so-called gift to Saine, it would also be about time for Saine to return the White Spine Scepter to Evil Tide Civilization.

Evil Tide Civilization was now fighting on two fronts. Although Evil Tide Civilization had never said anything about the White Spine Scepter, this Civilization Supreme Treasure, Saine could guess that they certainly needed it badly now.

"Our Wizard Civilization has produced quite a few newly risen powerhouses lately. Klopp Knight, you and the Guardian of Spring and Summer deserve great credit for that." Before departing from Wizard Civilization, Saine said to Klopp Knight.

Just as Saine had once received immense favor and guidance from Klopp Knight, although Klopp Knight had rarely gone personally to the front lines in recent years, his main work was assisting Saine in overseeing internal affairs, as well as discovering and cultivating the seeds of Wizard Civilization's younger generation.

In response to Saine's thanks, Klopp Knight did not dare claim the credit. He said, "A new generation Guardian of Autumn has emerged in our Wizard Civilization. Before you head to the Death Mourning Civilization battlefield, Saine Master, would you like to make time to meet this newly appointed Guardian?"

"A new generation Guardian of Autumn?" Saine pondered. "Since he is a Guardian, I should meet him."

"Then we'll push back the departure for the Death Mourning Civilization battlefield slightly, or have Saine Master Naige'er and the others depart first," Saine said.

"Yes," Klopp Knight replied.

Saine met this Guardian of Autumn within Wizard World.

After all, Guardians found it difficult to leave their Mother Plane, and Saine himself had not returned to take a look in some time.

Nearly ten thousand years had passed since the Mother Plane Defense War of Wizard World.

At this time, apart from certain specific Dominator Craters still scattered across the land, Wizard World bore little trace in its broader environment of the fierce war that had once erupted here.

Time was the best salve.

Even though some planar rules had changed because of the Magic Tide War, the new generation of Wizard Civilization beings had already adapted to their surroundings and regarded them as only natural.

Without realizing it, Saine had also become an exceedingly "ancient" existence in the eyes of the overwhelming majority of Wizard Civilization beings.

Even the Mother Plane Defense War that he had led had already become a "legend."

After all, generally only beings above the Demigod-level possessed lifespans of over ten thousand years and had lived from the Mother Plane Defense War to the present.

To the ordinary masses of Wizard Civilization below Level 3, Saine truly stood far removed from them.

However, if they could reach Level 4 or above, they might have the good fortune of witnessing Saine's true face at future Wizard Alliance Assemblies.

Speaking of which, nearly ten thousand years had passed since the conclusion of the previous Wizard Alliance Assembly.

However, Wizard Civilization had not yet discussed preparations for a new Wizard Alliance Assembly.

For the past several thousand years, Wizard Civilization had remained in a phase of active expansion and counteroffensive.

Perhaps after the Death Mourning Civilization War ended, and the Netherworld Star Territory was also thoroughly conquered and taken by Wizard Civilization, they could consider holding a new Alliance Assembly.

The new-generation Guardian of Autumn of Wizard World was a man and a knight, bearing the honorific title of "Autumn Rain."

He had first distinguished himself during the defense war of Wizard World. At the time, he had merely been a Level 6 knight.

Yet in the brief span of ten thousand years, the Guardian of Autumn had not only surged into the Level-6 Peak stage in one stroke, but had also entered the Dominator Realm through his own abilities.

The Guardian of Autumn had advanced to Dominator 536 years ago. In the second year after his advancement, he was awarded the title of "Guardian."

Why was it said that the Guardian of Autumn had advanced to Dominator through his own abilities?

Because as early as two thousand years ago, when he had still been a Level-6 Peak knight, Wizard World Will had already favored this young knight powerhouse and intended to propel him into the position of Guardian at that time.

It was foreseeable that if Autumn Rain had accepted the position of Guardian two thousand years ago, the empowerment of Guardian rules and the infusion of Plane Source Power would surely have allowed him to reach the Dominator Realm easily and much earlier.

But Autumn Rain had refused this favor from Plane Will at the time, because he felt that advancing to Dominator with Plane Source Power would consume the power of Plane Will.

As expected, Guardians were the group that cared for and cherished their Mother Plane most deeply.

To make the Mother Plane Will expend a little less strength, Autumn Rain would rather advance to Dominator on his own.

Perhaps only an existence like him could truly become a good Guardian.

However, after Autumn Rain advanced to Dominator, the Origin Power infusion that Mother Plane Will ought to have given him was not reduced in the slightest.

On the contrary, because Autumn Rain had already advanced to Dominator and his body possessed greater endurance, Wizard World Will gave him even more benefits!

No matter how hard things got, one could not let one's own child suffer.

Wizard World Will had always regarded the countless trillions of beings born within its world as its own children.

And powerhouses like Saine and Autumn Rain were among the children most beloved by Mother Plane Will.

Saine met the newly appointed Guardian named "Autumn Rain" in Sage's Forest in the southwest of Wizard World's Main Continent.

He was a valiant knight with short pale golden hair.

Through Klopp Knight's introduction, Saine also learned that he came from the Bairen Empire and was even a member of the War Blaze Stone Family, though he hailed from a collateral branch of that family.

Autumn Rain had indeed relied entirely on his own efforts to reach his current position, without depending much on others.

And under the empowerment of Mother Plane rules, although he was a newly advanced Dominator, Autumn Rain could already unleash combat power at least comparable to a Level-7 Mid-Stage Dominator.

"Hello, Autumn Rain Knight. Congratulations," Saine said with a smile, extending his hand to the Guardian of Autumn.

"Everything is for Wizard Civilization. Saine Master, you are my idol too," Autumn Rain said shyly as he took Saine's hand.